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Hot Hits
Washington Performing Arts: Budapest Festival Orchestra
StrathmoreFri. Feb 21 Under the baton of former NSO principal conductor Iván Fischer.
National Philharmonic: Black Pioneers Composers w/Melissa White, violin
StrathmoreSat. Feb 22 Piotr Gajewski conducts the National Philharmonic in this tribute to Black Composers in Classical Music featuring compositions by Wynton Marsalis, Florence Price, George Walker and William Grant Still.
Becoming Jane
National GeographicThru Jun. 1 Explore Dr. Goodall’s early years through iconic images and a multiscreen experience and venture on a 3D exploration of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park where she did her famous behavioral research on chimps.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Folger TheatreFeb. 18 – Mar. 1 Shakespeare’s delightful comedy on love, money, deception, and the power of women. Directed by Aaron Posner.
Gun & Powder
Signature TheatreFeb. 18 – 23 Two light-skinned African-American women who passed themselves as White to become notorious outlaws in the Wild West.
Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes
Signature TheatreFeb. 18 – Mar. 29 Firecracker play that takes the dysfunction, puts it back in the family, then gives it a hilarious - and subversive - stir.
Black History Month February 2020 in DC
Black History Month is celebrated throughout the DC region
DC Independent Film Festival March 4-8, 2020
DC Independent Film Festival presents 5 days of films, masterclasses, drinks & discussions. This year DCIFF celebrates their 21st Anniversary as the oldest independent film festival in Washington, DC.Spotlights
National Philharmonic: Black Pioneers Composers w/Melissa White, violin
StrathmoreSat. Feb 22
Riffs and Relations: Terrance Hayes
The Phillips CollectionThu. Apr 23
Jason Moran and The Bandwagon + Cassandra Wilson & Marvin Sewell
The Kennedy CenterFri. Feb 28
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
National ArchivesThru Jan. 3, 2021
Motherhood Redux: Camille Dungy, Tina Chang, and Beth Ann Fennelly
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Mar 11
YAO YAO
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 29 – Mar. 1
Renée Fleming VOICES: Norm Lewis
The Kennedy CenterSat. Feb 29
Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America
National ArchivesTue. Feb 25
NSO Music for Young Audiences: Mozart Mash-Up
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 22 – 23
Wow in the World Pop Up Party
StrathmoreSat. Feb 29
Love and Happiness: George Bilgere, Tim Seibles, and Keith S. Wilson
Folger TheatreMon. Feb 24
Beyond Charlottesville
National ArchivesThu. Feb 27
